Theatre review: The Events attempts to find meaning in horror

The Events
When: To Jan. 28
Where: Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Ave. Vancouver
Tickets/info: From $29; pushfestival.ca
How does a mass murderer justify his actions? Can a deeply traumatized survivor of such horror ever understand the killer’s motivation? And how might those of us at a distance process and digest events like these without becoming damaged ourselves?
Scottish playwright David Greig takes on these weighty questions in The Events. First performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, with st